Here's a quick fun riddle -
It wasn't indeed, but was in dead.
A snake bites at back, takes it to a Chinese County.
Ahead of time, it enhanced into a color.
Back it up, and it became a Legend.
I look after it and it goes on a Voyage.
What was that?
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It wasn't indeed, but was in dead.
The letter "a". Not in DEED but in De'A'd
A snake bites at back, takes it to a Chinese County.
Apparently, there is a Chinese county named AN As for N as Snake, just see this. the Egyptian heiroglyph makes it quite clear.
Ahead of time, it enhanced into a color.
Time=t(As in Physics). TAN is a color.
Back it up, and it became a Legend.
Add TI(Reversed IT) to the front(So that the intial word remains at the back) (Observed by tmpearce) and (As M Oehm says),we get TITAN
I look after it and it goes on a Voyage.
Oehm astutely observes here that I look= I see=IC. Adding that to the end, we get TITANIC which got wrecked on its first voyage.(I suppose, I don't have to provide any links for this? ;) )
Now for the title,
TITANIC is wrecked and is right now, silently in the Ocean.(Salt=Sea-water)
And thus, our hardwork comes to an end with the final answer of:
TITANIC.
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4$\begingroup$ I think the legend is a TITAN and IC ("I look/see") after it gives TITANIC, which went on a single voyage. (But doesn't "ahead of time" mean that the T comes after AN?) $\endgroup$ – M Oehm Apr 20 '17 at 13:35
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2$\begingroup$ I think - a head of time means add T to the head (ie front); back it up could mean "it" in reverse ("ti") to the front, giving TITAN; "I see" to the end ->TITANIC $\endgroup$ – tmpearce Apr 20 '17 at 13:41
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2$\begingroup$ Also - TITANIC fits with the title; shipwrecked in the ocean = salt water $\endgroup$ – tmpearce Apr 20 '17 at 13:45
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Here is my totally random guess...
Is it a
Dragon?
It wasn't indeed, but was in dead.
It wasn't living in this world (not indeed) but out of it ("dead" / world of the afterlife)
A snake bites at back, takes it to a Chinese County.
Dragons are huge in Chinese culture. Maybe originating from snakes
Ahead of time, it enhanced into a color.
Not sure. Different color dragons, or the colorful cultures revolving around them
Back it up, and it became a Legend.
Many legends include dragons
I look after it and it goes on a Voyage.
Viking ships were equipped with dragons in the front.
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1$\begingroup$ If there was no wordplay tag, this would have been a good answer. :-) $\endgroup$ – Techidiot Apr 21 '17 at 4:26
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Partial
Is it
The letter
d?
It wasn't indeed, but was in dead.
The letter
dis in the worddead
A snake bites at back, takes it to a Chinese County.
Not sure
Ahead of time, it enhanced into a color.
Not sure. May have something to do with the color 'red'
Back it up, and it became a Legend.
May refer to the Legend of Wheezin' Ed
I look after it and it goes on a Voyage.
Not sure
answered Apr 20 '17 at 13:03
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$\begingroup$ @Techidiot If that's no where close I assume the letter 'a' would also be the wrong direction too? (Was thinking no in deed but in dead) $\endgroup$ – n_plum Apr 20 '17 at 13:07
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$\begingroup$ @n_palum I said, this answer. Like most of it is either not sure or way too stretched. $\endgroup$ – Techidiot Apr 20 '17 at 13:09
